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title: Bitcoin - Open source P2P digital currency
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<h1>An open source P2P digital currency</h1>
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<p style="font-size:125%;">Bitcoin is a digital currency, a protocol, and a software that enables
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<ul style="font-size:125%;">
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<li>Instant peer to peer transactions</li>
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<li>Worldwide payments</li>
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<li>Low or zero processing fees</li>
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<li>And much more!</li>
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</ul>
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<p>Bitcoin uses peer to peer technology to operate with no central authority; managing transactions and issuing Bitcoins are carried out <b>collectively by the network</b>. Through many of its unique properties, Bitcoin allows exciting uses that could not be covered by any previous payment systems.</p>
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<p>The software is a community-driven <a href="http://www.fsf.org/about/what-is-free-software">free open source</a> project, released under the <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/MIT/">MIT license</a>.</p>
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